Handle for sad-irons.



No. 706,8l2. Patented Aug. I2, I902.

' w. B. FENN.

HANDLE FOB SAD IRONS.

(Application filed Sept. 28, 1901.)

2 Shaets-Sheet (NO Model.)

W. B. FENN.

HANDLE FOB SAD IRONS.

(Application no. 706,8l2.

Patented Aug. I2, I902.

filed Sept. 25, 1901. v

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES rares FAnN'r anion.

WILLIAM BEACH FENN, or WILKESBARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO A. J. noAr MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or KINGSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANDLE FOR SAD-IRONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 70 dated August 12, 19027 Application filed September 28,1901- Serial No. 76,901. (No model.)

To a, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BEACH FE N, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llandlesfor Sad-Irons, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such will enable those skilled in the art'to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved handle fO1S.rLtl-ll0llS and improved means for connecting the same with of metal formed entirely of one piece, and

with these and other objects in' View the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangements of parts hereinafiter described and claimed. 7 A I I The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the Views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from which myimproved sad-iron handle is formed; Fig. 2, a side View of the handle formed from said blank; Fig. 3, an end View thereof; Fig. 4, a perspective view of an iron with the handle attached thereto; Fig. 5, a longitudinal central section of the iron and the plate with which it is connected, the upper part of the handle being omitted; Fig. 6, a plantv iew of the device as shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 a transverse section of one end of the handle on the line 7 7 of Fig. 4.

In the practice of my invention I stamp from any suitable .sheet metal a blank 2, (shownin Fig. 1,) and this blank comprises a body portion 3 and four oppositely-directed end leg portions 4:, eachof which isprovided near the end with atransverse opening 5, and this blank in practice is stamped into a complete handle. Thebody portion 6 of this handle is hollow in form and circular in crosssection, and the upper end portions of the legs thereof at 7 are also hollow in form and substantially cylindrical in cross-section, and the lower end or bottom portions of the legs are segmental in cross-section, ,as shown at 8 in Fig. 7;

InFigs. 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings I have shown an ordinary sad-iron 9, the top of which is provided with parallel or other keepers 10, which form a space adapted to receive the handle-plate 11, and this handle-plate 11 is outwardly at the bottom, and in practice in connecting the handle with the plate 11 these legs are sprung into the openings 12 and forced downwardly until the lugs or projec- "tions 13 enter the openings 5, and this operation securely locks the handle to the plate 11.

:bar 16, and the handle-plate 11, which is preterably cast, is provided with downwardly-direlated-side and end flanges 17, forming a bottom space 18, which extends the full length of the said plate,and said plate is also provided approximately centrally thereof with a downwardly-directed hook 19, which is adapted to engage one side of the bar 16, and secured to the top of said plate over the hook 9o 19is a'spring 20, which is secured at 21 and which is provided at its free end with a downwardly-directed hook portion 22, adapted to engage the opposite side of the bar16, and said spring is provided on its upper side with 5 a knob or head 23.

It will be understood that the plate 14 is permanently secured tothe bottom 9, and in connecting the handle-plate 11 with the iron all that is necessary is to clasp the body portion 6 of the handle in one hand and raise the spring 20 by catching hold of the knob or head 23 with two of the fingers, and then by placing the handle-plate in the position shown in Fig. 4 and releasing the spring 20 the crossbar 16 will be engaged by the books 19 and 22 and the handle-plate and handle will be secured to the iron, and the said handle-plate and handle may be removed from the iron or detached therefrom by simply reversing this operation.

In practice I also prefer to employ as an additional means for securing the handle to the handle-plate narrow spring-plates 24, which are driven into position across the openings 12 beneath the lugs or projections 13 and which fit in notches or recesses 25 in the adjacent faces or sides of the lower ends 8 of the separate side portions of the legs of the handle, and these spring-plates serve to permanently separate the bottom of the leg portions and to hold them in engagement with the lugs or projections 13, and the handle is thus permanently secured to the plate 11.

My invention is not limited to the particular means herein shown and described for locking the handle-plate 11 to the plate 14:, as modifications of this device may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages, and other changes in the construction herein described may also be made without departing from the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A handle for sad-irons composed of a blank of sheet metal comprising a central body portion and oppositely-directed end portions 4, said blank being adapted to be formed into a handle, the central body portion and the legs of which are tubular in cross-section, and

the legs of which are split from the body upwardly,snbstantially as shown and described.

2. A handle for sad-irons formed from a blank of sheet metal comprisinga central body portion 3 and oppositely-directed leg portions 4 at each end thereof, said parts being adapted to be folded so as to form a tubular handle and tubular leg portions, the handle portion and leg portions being gradually curved at the outer and inner sides thereof and the leg portions being split from the bottom upwardly so as to form spring side portions, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with a handle-plate for sad-irons provided with holes to receive the legs of a handle, of a tubular handle provided with tubular legs composed of separate spring side portions and the ends of which are adapted to be inserted into said holes and means for securing said legs in said holes, substantially as shown and described.

4. A handle-plate for sad-irons provided with openings 12 having inwardlydirected lugs or projections 13, at their opposite sides, and a hollow detachable handle, the legs of which are split from the bottom upwardly and adapted to be inserted into said openings 12, said legs being also provided at their lower ends with openings 5 adapted to receive the lugs or projections 13, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 20th day of September, 1901.

WVILLIAM BEACH FENN.

Witnesses JAMES GARDNER SANDERSON, FRANK J. MoANnRnws. 

